Stone Circle

In pasture, immediately N of a track running roughly E-W. An enclosure (LI056-013----) lies 264m to the W. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Annotated ‘Stone Circle’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Described in 1931 as ‘a huge stone circle Man-made underground passages’ (O’Shaughnessy and Carroll 1931, 75) in the vicinity of Cahir Mortle. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 23 November 2021

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this stone circle may have been used for ceremonial or ritual purposes. No specific folklore is recorded, but its alignment or position could relate to seasonal or astronomical events.